Montgomery County PA Archives News.....General News January 6, 1858
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Raftsman's Journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) January 6, 1858
The Episcopal Church at Norristown was robbed on Monday night of last week. The
thieves got a quantity of the church furniture, the bible, the communion table
cover, and other articles to the value of from fifty to one hundred dollars. 

Another horrible murder was perpetrated in Upper Marion township, on the 15th ult.
Robert Smith, a depraved Irishman, has been guilty of cruelly and brutally killing
his wife. No one saw him commit the deed, but screams were heard during the night,
and when the neighbors repaired to the house, they found Mrs. Smith in a dying
condition. She appeared to have been murderously beaten. She died in a few momenta
after being discovered by the neighbors. A post mortem examination was made and the
opinion was that the deceased came to her death from bruising and beating. Smith had
a hearing and was committed to prison.

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